{"id":3438,"date":"2024-03-05T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T06:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usbnews24.com\/?p=3438"},"modified":"2024-03-07T12:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T06:08:26","slug":"north-gaza-aid-mission-reveals-more-infants-may-die-from-hunger-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/?p=3438","title":{"rendered":"North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hunger : WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A rare opportunity to deliver desperately needed supplies to hospitals in northern Gaza for the first time in months has been welcomed by UN humanitarians, who on Tuesday issued a fresh alert about \u201cappalling\u201d conditions in medical facilities where more children risk are battling life-threatening malnutrition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWHO<\/a>\u00a0and partners managed to access (Al) Shifa (Hospital) in the north and deliver fuel, some lifesaving supplies for 150 patients and treatment of 50 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition and also bring it vaccines,\u201d said Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, UN World Health Organization (WHO<\/a>) Representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory.<\/p>\n

For the first time since 7 October, the WHO mission also reached Kamal Adwan Hospital further north.<\/p>\n

The facility’s paediatric unit was where 10 children reportedly died from hunger and dehydration in recent days, and it was\u00a0\u201coverwhelmed with patients\u201d,<\/strong>\u00a0Dr. Peeperkorn said.<\/p>\n

The situation in Al-Awda Hospital was \u201cparticularly appalling\u201d,<\/strong>\u00a0he continued, in an urgent appeal for sustained humanitarian access. \u201cThe deconfliction mechanism needs to continue working so aid can reach those in need,\u201d the WHO medic insisted, referencing the protocol whereby combatants are pre-notified of aid locations.<\/p>\n

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